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A different perspective on things

Dyanne891

If autistic people were the majority in society, then this forum wouldn't exist.  We'd all be going happily about our business.  

The so called "normal people" would have forums about how to navigate this crazy world they live in.

So no one on either side is broken or needs fixing.  We are just hard wired a bit different.  

Its hard for people to embrace their diagnosis and be open about it, because theres still alot of stigma around autism and negative steotypes.

I was formally diagnosed at 60, so i'm gonna give myself some grace for getting this far.  

the one thing that gets me through is the internal narrative I give myself, which has the be positive.....otherwise I'd sink into depression, and I seriously dont want that, coz ive been there and got the tee-shirt.

I hope anyone who reads this give themself some grace, and acknowledge the challenging stuff theyve navigated.

dyanne x

 

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  • I’d say (for anyone under 50 who still has to somehow earn a living in a vicious and resistant world) something really does needs fixing. The other side have and continue to take advantage of us by making us have to navigate a world of work they have created. It’s not as if there was ever any mediation or consideration for neurodiversity (as even being at the extreme end of normal) on this they took it all. At the beginning of last century equality did not exist, it’s hardly in existence now if you look at how many employers are disability confident or neurodiversity affirming workplaces there are next to none. It’s impossible for someone with ASD to earn a living working in a biased environment 

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  • I’d say (for anyone under 50 who still has to somehow earn a living in a vicious and resistant world) something really does needs fixing. The other side have and continue to take advantage of us by making us have to navigate a world of work they have created. It’s not as if there was ever any mediation or consideration for neurodiversity (as even being at the extreme end of normal) on this they took it all. At the beginning of last century equality did not exist, it’s hardly in existence now if you look at how many employers are disability confident or neurodiversity affirming workplaces there are next to none. It’s impossible for someone with ASD to earn a living working in a biased environment 

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